SOLUTION: A right triangle has a leg that is 11 m and a hypotenuse that is 15 m. Find the other leg's length. Write your answer in simplest radical form.

Question 757378: A right triangle has a leg that is 11 m and a hypotenuse that is 15 m. Find the other leg's length. Write your answer in simplest radical form.
Answer by LearnWithMajor(33) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For a right triangle we can use the pythagorean theorem to solve for a missing side.

we are told that c(the hypotenuse) is 15 and one of the legs (a or b) is 11

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